St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-19
The BoStonese Continue to
Discuss the Recent Car
ney-McAuliffe Mill.
Both Men Anxious for An
other Big Bout in the
Squared Circle"
Mervine Thompson Still Fight
ing for the Colored Heavy
weight Championship.

where men may meet in the regulation
twenty-fOur feet ring for the purpose of
fighting according to QueenSberry rules,
with anthing like impunity. Boston,
the home of him, at whose feet all
England now lies PROSTATE, offers
equally as good, if not better facilities.
This is evident from the number of Crib
clubs here and the great amount of box
ing INDUCED in. These contests are
seldom anything less than genuine
smuggling matches regulation prize
fights. Nor are they confined to un-
known pugilists. Only recently Joe
Lannan put an ambitious WeSteruer to
sleep. The fight occurred in the heart
of the city, and the next mornings
papers teemed with graphic descrip-
lions of the mill. No arrest was made,
nor, SO far as the public knows, were
the police requested to make any. The
people seem to be satisfied that these
things should occur. Probably this is
because Boston is the home of the great
and only Sullivan, and such things must
be tolerated because of that fact.
Pretty much all the affairs down this
way are conducted under the auspices
of some club. whose members are com
posed of the sciOnS of the very best
families in the old Bay state. Occasion
ally, however, mill is arranged indie
pendently of these clubs. Such was the
case in the Carney-McAulifie fight,
which was fought, as the telegraph has
informed you, early this morning. The
men faced each other at a. M, and
fought until &. just think of it, five
long hours-and the FIVE longest of the
day. How much better the twenty-Odd
persons who paid $3.50 each to witness
the fight, and the thirty-Odd who paid
nothing, would feel at this writing had
they spent those hours
IN THEIR BEDS,
as the writer did. But let me give you
pointer. would have been among
the number had L been given halt a
chance. There is nothing in the line of
things athletic that enjoy so much as
good serapping match, and, according
to all accounts, this was one of the very
best which has ever been contested in
this neighbOrhOOd. The fight came Off
very quietly. The men according to the
articles of agreement weighed i'll yester-
day morning, and the afternoon the tip
was given to those who made up the
money for which the men fought. The
attendance was to have been limited
to ten persons on each side, exclusive
of those who were told when to come
together could not keep mum, and the
consequences were that others were
upon the spot at the time agreed upon.
What could those in charge do? AbSo-
lutely nothing; for if the outsiders were
not permitted to witness the contest
they would have Informed the police
and there would have been no fight.
The abrupt and unfortunate ending of
the fight is unsatisfactory to every one
excepting those who had money on the
result. They are satisfied. because when
the ropes were thrown down and the
stakes pulled up it was question who
would win. The Carney men maintain
they would have won, while the McAu-
life contingent swear that everything
was in the Brooklyn boys favor. 1t is
impossible to find out just who had the
better of the fight so far as it went, or
who is the better man to-day. McAu-
life has Dempsey, the redoubtable Jack,
to thank for what laurelS are his. 1t was
under his tutelage that he was prepared
for the battle and under his direction
that he fought. Consequently it was a
LONG AND CAREFUL FIGHT
that the American champion made.
McAuliffe, all through the seventy-four
rounds, fought la Dempsey. He kept
away from the EngliShman, and fought
him at long range as much as possible
1t was so Jack told him to fight. When
either would rush, McAuliffe would
close in rapidly or get away as soon as
possible. SO as to prevent Carney from
doing any effective Short-arm work.
After the crowd had put an end to the
mill, the principals stood glaring at
each other. Each was anxious to go on
and each was certainly very much dis
satisfied when Referee Frank Steven
son declared the result draw. The
fight occurred at Crescent Beach, about
six or seven miles out from Boston. OH
the line of the Revere Beach road. The
ring was pitched in the stable of a hotel
there, and the last train of the night
was allowed to pass before the men,
who were snugly tucked in bed Sleep
ing the sleep of the Just and righteous,
were aroused and told to make ready.
At o'clock the English and American
lightweight champions faced each other
to battle for international honOrs. At
O'Clock they were led, or rather car
ried. from the ring. Neither was much
punished, or rather, | should say, neither
showed the effects of much punishment.
That they will meet again seems to be a
settled fact, for neither will admit that
he was bested. Though Carney was ap-
parently the stronger of the two at the
finish, it is certain that the cleaner and
more effective hitting was done by the
American. Who stopped the fight,
whether the Carney or McAuliffe party,
tits hard to tell; but / am of the opinion
it was the latter. for the American
champion Was at that moment upon all
fours. When they will again meet is a
cOnundrum which l cannot answer.
Now that this fight is over and Sullivan
has been received with open arms by
our English cousins, attention is at
tracted to the approaching contest be-
tween Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider. and
Tommy Warren, the regular feather
weight champion of the world. The
Spider" is not so much of an idol
down this way as he has been.
1t is not because he is less fighter than
he was few months ago, but because
HE Is UNRELIABLE,
and cannot be depended upon to get
himself in condition. AS Capt. A. w.
Cooke. one of BOston's authorities, says:
''He'S like baking colt, and liable to
jump his traces at any moment" He
won't train or do anything else that his
hackers tell him, and for this reason
every one is little leary of putting
their money upon him. Weir will prom
Use strongly enough to train, and will |
put in day or two in the most vigorous
work, but the next day there is no tell
ing where he will be. Notwithstanding
all this every one looks for him to ''do'' |
Warren. The champion has very few
admirers down this way. They all |
think lie is a coward, and because l have |
stood up for him, and put him down as
the greatest man of his weight in the |
country, am looked upon as bigoted |
crank. L only hope that Warren will |
on these people. They are afraid that
Weir won't get fair play in the Flour
City. What nonsense! Who has failed |
to get this in either of the Twin Cities? |
Were the people of every other place
only half so impartial there would be |
much more fighting done throughout |